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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, August 20, 2012
Bob Smith, a retired Tenet Healthcare executive, takes the helm at Parkland Health & Hospital System next month, with the goal of helping the Dallas safety net hospital resolve a lengthy list of deficiencies that threaten patient safety and federal funding.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 20, 2012
A pair of studies supports the argument that patients admitted for trauma or surgery on a weekend day are more likely to have poor outcomes than patients admitted on a weekday. Neither study, however, can identify a cause.
By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, August 17, 2012
If you lead a healthcare organization that's constantly touted as one of the highest quality or most innovative health systems in the nation, congratulations. Just make sure you're not fooling yourself about why that's the case.
By: July 30, 2012
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